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Take away our disgrace!&#8221 <a href="/nlt/isaiah/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> In that day so few men will be left that seven women will fight for each man, saying, “Let us all marry you! We will provide our own food and clothing. Only let us take your name so we won’t be mocked as old maids.” <a href="/esv/isaiah/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach.” <a href="/bsb/isaiah/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!” <a href="/kjv/isaiah/4.htm">King James Bible</a> And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/4.htm">New King James Version</a> And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, “We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; Only let us be called by your name, To take away our reproach.” <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For seven women will take hold of one man on that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our disgrace!” <a href="/nasb/isaiah/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> For seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, &#8220We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!” <a href="/lsb/isaiah/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!” <a href="/amp/isaiah/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And in that day seven women will take hold of one man, saying, “We will eat our own food and wear [and provide] our own clothes; only let us be called by your name; take away our shame [of being unmarried].” <a href="/csb/isaiah/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> On that day seven women will seize one man, saying, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothing. Just let us bear your name. Take away our disgrace.” <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> On that day seven women will seize one man, saying,&#8221 We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothing. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace.&#8221 <a href="/asv/isaiah/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach. <a href="/cev/isaiah/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When this happens, seven women will grab the same man, and each of them will say, "I'll buy my own food and clothes! Just marry me and take away my disgrace." <a href="/erv/isaiah/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saving, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When that day comes, seven women will grab one man and say, "We'll eat our own food and provide our own clothes. Just let us marry you for your name. Take away our disgrace." <a href="/gnt/isaiah/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> When that time comes, seven women will grab hold of one man and say, "We can feed and clothe ourselves, but please let us say you are our husband, so that we won't have to endure the shame of being unmarried." <a href="/isv/isaiah/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> "At that time, seven women will cling tightly to one man and will make him this offer: 'We'll provide our own bread. We'll provide our own clothes. Just let us marry you so we won't be stigmatized anymore.'" <a href="/msb/isaiah/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, ?We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!? <a href="/net/isaiah/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Seven women will grab hold of one man at that time. They will say, "We will provide our own food, we will provide our own clothes; but let us belong to you--take away our shame!" <a href="/nheb/isaiah/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach." <a href="/wbt/isaiah/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. <a href="/web/isaiah/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And seven women have taken hold on one man, "" In that day, saying, “We eat our own bread, "" And we put on our own raiment, "" Only, let your name be called over us, "" Remove our reproach.” <a href="/ylt/isaiah/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And taken hold have seven women on one man, In that day, saying, 'Our own bread we do eat, And our own raiment we put on, Only, let thy name be called over us, Remove thou our reproach.' <a href="/slt/isaiah/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And seven women shall lay hold upon one man in that day, saying, We will eat our bread, and we will be clothed with our garments: only thy name shall be called upon us to take away our reproach.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> AND in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, take away our reproach. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And seven women will take hold of one man, in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothing, only let us be called by your name, so as to take away our reproach.” <a href="/nabre/isaiah/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Seven women will take hold of one man on that day, saying: “We will eat our own food and wear our own clothing; Only let your name be given us, put an end to our disgrace!” <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes; just let us be called by your name; take away our disgrace.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> AND in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And seven women shall seize one man in that day, and they shall say to him: “We will eat our bread and we will wear our clothes, only let us be called by your name and take away our shame!”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying: 'We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.' <a href="/sep/isaiah/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own raiment: only let thy name be called upon us, and take away our reproach. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/4-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=782" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/4.htm">A Remnant in Zion</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">In that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: še·ḇa‘ (Number-fs) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: nā·šîm (N-fp) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">women</a> <a href="/hebrew/2388.htm" title="2388: wə·he·ḥĕ·zî·qū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong, obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.">will take hold</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">of one</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: bə·’îš (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and say,</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: nō·ḵêl (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">“We will eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: laḥ·mê·nū (N-msc:: 1cp) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">our own bread</a> <a href="/hebrew/3847.htm" title="3847: nil·bāš (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- Or labesh; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. to put on a garment or clothe, literally or figuratively.">and provide</a> <a href="/hebrew/8071.htm" title="8071: wə·śim·lā·ṯê·nū (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 1cp) -- A wrapper, mantle. Perhaps by permutation for the feminine of cemel; a dress, especially a mantle.">our own clothes.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7535.htm" title="7535: raq (Adv) -- The same as raq as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although.">Just</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: yiq·qā·rê (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">let us be called</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šim·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">by your name.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lê·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/622.htm" title="622: ’ĕ·sōp̄ (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To gather, remove. A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. Remove.">Take away</a> <a href="/hebrew/2781.htm" title="2781: ḥer·pā·ṯê·nū (N-fsc:: 1cp) -- A reproach. From charaph. contumely, disgrace, the pudenda.">our disgrace!”</a> 2On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/30-22.htm">Genesis 30:22-24</a> Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb, / and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said. / She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.” <a href="/1_samuel/1-6.htm">1 Samuel 1:6-7</a> Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her. / And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat. <a href="/jeremiah/31-22.htm">Jeremiah 31:22</a> How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.” <a href="/micah/7-10.htm">Micah 7:10</a> Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets. <a href="/ruth/1-11.htm">Ruth 1:11-13</a> But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands? / Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons, / would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.” <a href="/1_corinthians/7-39.htm">1 Corinthians 7:39</a> A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord. <a href="/1_timothy/5-14.htm">1 Timothy 5:14</a> So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander. <a href="/matthew/22-30.htm">Matthew 22:30</a> In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven. <a href="/luke/20-34.htm">Luke 20:34-35</a> Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. / But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage. <a href="/1_corinthians/7-8.htm">1 Corinthians 7:8-9</a> Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am. / But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. <a href="/1_corinthians/7-28.htm">1 Corinthians 7:28</a> But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this. <a href="/1_corinthians/7-32.htm">1 Corinthians 7:32-34</a> I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord. / But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife, / and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband. <a href="/1_corinthians/7-36.htm">1 Corinthians 7:36-38</a> However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married. / But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well. / So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better. <a href="/1_corinthians/11-3.htm">1 Corinthians 11:3</a> But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. <a href="/ephesians/5-22.htm">Ephesians 5:22-24</a> Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. / For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. / Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach.and in<a href="/isaiah/2-11.htm">Isaiah 2:11,17</a> The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day… <a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Isaiah 10:20</a> And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.<a href="/isaiah/17-7.htm">Isaiah 17:7</a> At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.seven<a href="/isaiah/3-25.htm">Isaiah 3:25,26</a> Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war… <a href="/isaiah/13-12.htm">Isaiah 13:12</a> I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.we will eat<a href="/2_thessalonians/3-12.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:12</a> Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.let us be called by thy name.to take away.<a href="/genesis/30-23.htm">Genesis 30:23</a> And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:<a href="/1_samuel/1-6.htm">1 Samuel 1:6</a> And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.<a href="/luke/1-25.htm">Luke 1:25</a> Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/3-22.htm">Apparel</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-7.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-19.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-10.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-6.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-10.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-2.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-4.htm">Wear</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Apparel</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-14.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-17.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-29.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-8.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-15.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-3.htm">Wear</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-4.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 4</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/4-1.htm">In the extremity of evils, Christ's kingdom shall be a sanctuary.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In Isaiah, "that day" frequently points to the Day of the Lord, a time when God will intervene decisively in human history. It can indicate both immediate historical events and eschatological fulfillment.seven women will take hold of one man The number seven often symbolizes completeness or perfection in the Bible. Here, it suggests a significant imbalance between men and women, likely due to the devastation of war, where many men have died. This scenario reflects a desperate situation where women seek security and social standing through marriage, even if it means sharing one husband.and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. This indicates a reversal of traditional marital roles, where a husband would typically provide for his wife. The women's willingness to support themselves highlights their desperation to remove the stigma of being unmarried. It also reflects the economic hardship and societal collapse following judgment.Just let us be called by your name. Being called by a man's name signifies marriage and the social protection it affords. In ancient Israel, a woman's identity and security were closely tied to her marital status. This plea underscores the cultural importance of marriage and the shame associated with being unmarried.Take away our disgrace!” The disgrace refers to the social stigma of being unmarried and childless, which was significant in ancient Near Eastern cultures. This plea for the removal of disgrace can also be seen as a metaphor for Israel's spiritual condition, seeking redemption and restoration. The concept of disgrace and its removal is echoed in other scriptures, such as in the redemptive work of Christ, who takes away the shame of sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/seven_women.htm">Seven Women</a> Symbolic of a large number, representing the desperation and societal imbalance due to the scarcity of men, likely caused by war or judgment. 2. <a href="/topical/o/one_man.htm">One Man</a> Represents the few surviving men after a period of judgment, highlighting the dire circumstances and the reversal of traditional roles. 3. <a href="/topical/d/disgrace.htm">Disgrace</a> Refers to the shame and social stigma of being unmarried or childless in ancient Israelite society, which was seen as a curse or judgment from God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/cultural_context_and_judgment.htm">Cultural Context and Judgment</a> Understand the cultural significance of marriage and family in ancient Israel. The desperation of the women reflects the severe consequences of God's judgment on the nation. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_numbers.htm">Symbolism of Numbers</a> The number seven often symbolizes completeness or perfection in the Bible. Here, it underscores the totality of the societal collapse and the depth of the women's desperation. <a href="/topical/r/role_reversal_and_self-sufficiency.htm">Role Reversal and Self-Sufficiency</a> The women's willingness to provide for themselves challenges traditional gender roles, highlighting the extremity of the situation. It prompts reflection on how societal norms can shift in times of crisis. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_identity_and_honor.htm">Seeking Identity and Honor</a> The desire to be called by a man's name reflects a search for identity and honor. This can be related to our spiritual identity in Christ, where we seek to be called by His name and find our worth in Him. <a href="/topical/g/god's_redemptive_plan.htm">God's Redemptive Plan</a> Despite the judgment, <a href="/bsb/isaiah/4.htm">Isaiah 4</a> continues with a message of hope and restoration. This reminds us of God's faithfulness and His ultimate plan to redeem and restore His people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 4</a> <a href="/q/isaiah_4_1__why_7_women_per_man_evidence.htm">In Isaiah 4:1, how could seven women outnumber men to such an extreme level, and is there any historical or scientific evidence for such a ratio? </a> <a href="/q/isaiah_4's_restoration_vs._ot_judgment.htm">How do claims in Isaiah 4 regarding future restoration align or conflict with other Old Testament prophecies about judgment and destruction?</a> <a href="/q/inconsistencies_in_ezekiel_1_vs._isaiah_6.htm">Are there any inconsistencies between Ezekiel's vision (Ezekiel 1) and visions of divine glory in other scriptural passages, such as Isaiah 6 or Revelation 4?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_song_4_fit_solomon's_many_wives.htm">If historically attributed to King Solomon, how does Song of Solomon 4 mesh with the accounts of his many wives and concubines in other biblical texts (e.g., 1 Kings 11:3)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>IV.(1) And in that day seven women . . .--The chapter division wrongly separates this verse from the foregoing. It comes as the climax of the chastisement of the daughters of Zion, as the companion picture to <a href="/isaiah/3-6.htm" title="When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, You have clothing, be you our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand:">Isaiah 3:6</a>. As men sought eagerly, yet in vain, a protector, so women should seek for a husband. Those who had been wooed and courted, and had been proudly fastidious, should supplicate in eager rivalry (the seven women to one man implies a land depopulated by war, and so making polygamy natural) for the protection of marriage, and that not on the usual conditions of having food and clothing found for them (<a href="/exodus/21-10.htm" title="If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.">Exodus 21:10</a>), but as working for their own livelihood.To take away our reproach.--Better, as an imperative, take thou away. The reproach is that of being childless. From the Jewish standpoint that was not only the great sorrow, but the great shame, of womanhood, implying, as men thought, a sin of which it was the chastisement (<a href="/genesis/30-23.htm" title="And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God has taken away my reproach:">Genesis 30:23</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/1-6.htm" title="And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.">1Samuel 1:6</a>; <a href="/luke/1-25.htm" title="Thus has the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.">Luke 1:25</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - Seven women shall take hold of one man. This verse has been well called a "companion picture to <a href="/isaiah/3-6.htm">Isaiah 3:6, 7</a>." As there, in the evil time of God's judgment, the despairing men are represented as" taking hold" of a respectable man to make him their judge, so now the despairing women "take hold" of such a man and request him to allow them all to be regarded as his wives. There has been such a destruction - men are become so scarce - that no otherwise can women escape the shame and reproach of being unwedded and childless. Our own bread will we eat. They do not ask him to support them; they are able and willing to support themselves. To take away; rather, take thou away - the imperative mood, not the infinitive. Our reproach. Children were regarded as such a blessing in the ancient times that to be childless was a misfortune and a subject of reproach. Hagar "despised" the barren Sarai (<a href="/genesis/16-4.htm">Genesis 16:4</a>). Her "adversary provoked Hannah sore, because the Lord had shut up her womb" (<a href="/1_samuel/1-6.htm">1 Samuel 1:6</a>). Compare the lament of Antigone, who views it as a disgrace that she descends to the tomb unwed (Soph., 'Antig.,' 11. 813-816). Among the Jews childlessness was a special reproach, because it took away all possibility of the woman being in the line of the Messiah's descent (comp. <a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Isaiah 54:1-4</a>). <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/4-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>On that הַהוּא֙ (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are day בַּיּ֤וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day seven שֶׁ֨בַע (še·ḇa‘) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number women נָשִׁ֜ים (nā·šîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female will take hold וְהֶחֱזִיקוּ֩ (wə·he·ḥĕ·zî·qū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2388.htm">Strong's 2388: </a> To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer of one אֶחָ֗ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first man בְּאִ֣ישׁ (bə·’îš) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person and say, לֵאמֹ֔ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “We will eat נֹאכֵ֔ל (nō·ḵêl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat our own bread לַחְמֵ֣נוּ (laḥ·mê·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> Food, bread, grain and provide נִלְבָּ֑שׁ (nil·bāš) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3847.htm">Strong's 3847: </a> Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe our own clothes. וְשִׂמְלָתֵ֖נוּ (wə·śim·lā·ṯê·nū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8071.htm">Strong's 8071: </a> A dress, a mantle Just רַ֗ק (raq) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7535.htm">Strong's 7535: </a> But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless let us be called יִקָּרֵ֤א (yiq·qā·rê) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read by your name. שִׁמְךָ֙ (šim·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name Take away אֱסֹ֖ף (’ĕ·sōp̄) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove our disgrace!” חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ (ḥer·pā·ṯê·nū) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2781.htm">Strong's 2781: </a> Contumely, disgrace, the pudenda <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/4-1.htm">Isaiah 4:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/4-1.htm">Isaiah 4:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/4-1.htm">Isaiah 4:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/4-1.htm">Isaiah 4:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/4-1.htm">Isaiah 4:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/4-1.htm">Isaiah 4:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/4-1.htm">Isaiah 4:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/4-1.htm">Isaiah 4:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/4-1.htm">Isaiah 4:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/4-1.htm">Isaiah 4:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-1.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 4:1 Seven women shall take hold of one (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/3-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 3:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 3:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/4-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 4:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 4:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>